Tag & a Red Dress

2. What DVD's are on your favorite shelf?Brideshead Revisited, Mean Girls, The Devil Wears Prada, Amelie, The Office television series, The Simpsons television series

3. What are your two favorite cookbooks?French Women Don't Get Fat and its sequel

4. Select 1-3 recipes you would cook for guests.I make a pretty good hobo chili, fluffy pink cupcakes, and hummus

5. What will we be drinking that's available.Red wine, rum, pineapple juice, vodka, gin, champagne, bottled water or chocolate milk. (That's all I have at home).

And 10 Secrets just because:

1. When I first started my job at the newspaper three years ago, I was 93 pounds.

2. I am afraid of butterflies.

3. The first boy I ever fell in love with turned out to be gay. Very gay.

4. I see having children as an obligation rather than something I want to do.

5. I have a soft spot for pink fluffy cupcakes.

6. The only two serious boyfriends I have ever had have been to jail on drug-related incidents. One for stealing drug money; the other for dealing. Ironically, I have never done drugs.

7. My current boyfriend used to be a Hindu monk at a monastery outside San Diego. Which is funny since he is actually Native American (the other Indian).

8. I hate when strangers ask me about India, just based on my skin color and last name. Chances are, they know more than I do. My dad came to the USA 40 years ago and never went back or looked back. It's like, your last name happens to be German. Should I ask you a million questions about Germany?

9. When I was 19 I had such bad acne, I never looked people in the eye or took up offers for dates. I hated myself. But it gradually went away after a year and now I rarely get blemishes and my skin is very clear. I'm not sure what happened.

10. I don't know how to apply makeup properly. I only wear lipstick because it's the only thing I can't screw up. :(

Okay, well that ended up being True Confessions rather than light-hearted secrets. Haha.

I am tagging you all! I am looking forward to seeing your answers!

I'm going to leave you with a goofy picture of me. My friend Nadine sent me this photo from our thrift store shopping extravaganza last weekend. I tried on this crazy red dress for kicks. I didn't buy it. I didn't think it was my style!

I'm coming for dinner. Yes I am :)93 lbs - whoa...that was like university days for me...if that. LOL at the gay. Very gay. As opposed to a little gay...honey, with that I think there's only gay or not but I know what you mean - so sorry.

LOL, at least they can tell you're Indian, I get all kinds so I'm constantly being asked about my "homeland" in Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia...goodness me - hardly anyone ever guess right.

When we meet up we're gonna do a make-up day - I'm not a pro but I've given a few friends some easy tips - now sometimes they do it better than I can.

This was such a lovely post to read, Loved all your answers to the questions and the secrets.Love the way you have written gay. very gay. Can just imagine the way that would be said! Sorry to hear that tho. Chilli and cupcakes sounds good!I too love cupcakes, especially pink fluffy ones. xoteacups-and-saucers.blogspot.com

ok our taste in books and movies is totally the same! awesome. very interesting post, thanks for sharing all of that! feel like I know now all your inner secrets lol. And that dress is crazy funky! I like the red, you didn't go for it though? Sometimes its just not your style, totally get that.

No joke the first guy I loved I met in kindergarten and i loved him til I was about 13 and now i found him on facebook and he's gay. I don't think I'll ever get over it, I'm still in a state of schock!!

OMG, you should wear that dress every day! And we should totally have sister pink cupcakes the next time we see each other!!!

Oh, and I don't know if I told you, but I am completely addicted to "The Office" now myself. My roommate really likes it and I just started watching the first 2 seasons and loved it! Now, on to Season 3! Oh, and the wedding tonight!!

Call me when you have a chance so we can discuss ANTM and the wedding episode! Love you and miss you so so much!

The first guy you ever loved turned out to be gay? Hey, look on the bright side. Maybe he realized you were too good for him, and he knew he'd never find another girl like you. So he thought, "What the hell, might as well not even bother." See Jen, there's a logical explanation for everything.